Firefinder

Abstract

This program funds design, development and test of primary target acquisition and counterfire radars to automatically detect, locate and classify hostile indirect fire weapons (mortars, artillery, and rockets). The program directly supports the prioritization, tracking and locating of targets, and dissemination of that information for simultaneous attack of multiple threats. It provides the Warfighter with continuous and responsive counterfire target acquisition systems for all types and phases of military operations. Project L86, Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR), version AN/TPQ-50 provides 360 degrees of azimuth coverage from ranges of 500 meters to 10 kilometers. The AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-53 radars are currently fielded to multiple Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) locations to include operational support to Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS). This program line also funds the Hypervelocity Projectile System (HVP) a next-generation, common, low drag, guided cannon artillery projectile capable of completing multiple missions across different gun systems. HVP’s low drag aerodynamic design enables high-velocity, maneuverability and decreased time-to-target. These attributes coupled with accurate guidance electronics provide low-cost mission effectiveness against current threats and the ability to adapt to air and surface threats of the future. Integration with a fire control radar and sensor array will allow targeting of moving and relocatable surface targets beyond the range of conventional artillery as well as live fire intercepts of cruise and ballistic targets. Current estimates for a follow on development effort achieve an integrated system solution by FY22. Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Base funding in the amount of $36.000 million will support the initiation of contract requirements package development, system evaluation, requirements/specification work, integration development and test plans for the Hypervelocity Projectile system. The Army will leverage Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) prototypes to transition this new start capability into a program of record. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Base funding in the amount of $9.605 million will support ongoing AN/TPQ-53 test efforts and Army interoperability certifications (AICs), AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-53 development and testing of modernization efforts for electronic protection and new and emerging threats, and the performance of technical assessments, concept studies, risk reduction and required documentation.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Source ID
0604823A_5_2040_PB_2018
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2018 Base funding was decreased by $1.209 million in support higher Army priorities. FY 2018 Base funding in the amount of $36.000 million was added to support New Start Project 87- Hypervelocity Projectile System.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Detection
  • Emerging Threats
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Forward Areas
  • Hypervelocity Projectiles
  • Low Drag
  • Program Management
  • Radar
  • Surface Targets
  • System Of Systems
  • Target Acquisition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Threat Evaluation
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems

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